Health experts calling for the adoption of a more comprehensive nonavalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine after a recent local study found that a different cervical cancer-causing strain, one not ...

Each additional lifetime sexual partner raises the probability of acquiring a high-risk strain of human papillomavirus (HPV) — closely associated with cervical cancer — by nearly 11%, according to ...

THE US government’s main concern in tariff negotiations with the Philippines is market access for its agricultural commodities, while digital services taxes (DSTs), which have featured in other ...

THE Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said it hopes to submit the proposed national budget for 2026 to Congress by the second week of August. “The second week of August is tentative. No final ...

PHILIPPINE shares may move sideways this week amid a lack of fresh leads and as the market awaits updates on President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.’s trip to the United States, where he is scheduled to ...

THE Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) said it is on pace to achieve its P3.2-trillion tax collection target for 2025 after approaching the halfway mark in the first six months.

THE Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) said it increased the floor price for cigarettes and vape products. In a revenue regulation released on July 18, the BIR updated the floor prices for cigarettes, ...

THE proposed rules floated by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to regulate the participation of payments services in online gambling are unlikely to change problematic behavior among gamblers, ...

THE Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECoP) is hoping that President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. rejects legislated wage hikes when he delivers his fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA). In ...

THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said it imposed a price freeze on basic necessities in Umingan, Pangasinan following a calamity declaration in the wake of a storm. In an advisory, DTI said ...

MANILA ELECTRIC CO. (Meralco) said on Sunday that it has completed the power restoration along Katipunan Avenue, Quezon City following the collapse of a billboard that damaged its distribution ...

THE PHILIPPINE government on Sunday reported three deaths, three injuries and three missing persons linked to Severe Tropical Storm Wipha (Crising) and intensified southwest monsoon rains. Two of the ...